Councillors and civic leaders were also well represented and those who attended included Dewsbury and Mirfield Labour MP Paula Sherriff, Mayor of Mirfield Vivien Lees-Hamilton and Deputy Mayor of Mirfield Sean Guy.

Mirfield Tory councillor Kath Taylor, who was also there, said: “It was a really good atmosphere and at the end of the service there was a huge round of applause for all the scouts, cubs and brownies who carried the flags.”

Parade organiser Tim Wood said it was impossible to say how many attended but said the numbers were in the thousands.

“We have continued our proud tradition of being the biggest parade outside Westminster,” he added. “I would like to thank everyone who took part and made it a success.